Award-Winning Artist | Abstract Architectural Neoplasticism
Established his career as an artist in London where he graduated with a BA in Fine Art. Pedro Sousa Louro has had numerous careers, including TV presenting and modelling, for almost 17 years but has always lived on drawing cubist images. Now a full-time artist, Pedro transfers his soul into his studio. His work portrays feelings, emotio
ns, and perceptions, consciously and unconsciously, through detailed geometric compositions balanced with lines and shapes. Using multiple techniques in each artwork, his concern lies with creating a dialogue with colour and form rather than over-focusing on the subject matter. Numerous materials, such as textiles, reclaimed artists' objects, old journals, and wallpapers, come into play during the artist's process. With canvas or wooden panels for a base, these are combined with rustic deteriorating metal elements, created through a technique he developed using oxidizing copper powders. Combinations of letters and numbers are applied to balance the composition, and finally, each artwork is finished with yacht varnish. In Pedro's work, you can see the evolution of his dialogue with colours and geometry, even though he preferred contemporary artists like Francis Bacon and Ben Nickolson. His reminiscence comes from the "neoplasticism" of Mondrian, Robert Rauschenberg, and, in some way, Picasso. Still, the most crucial influence of Pedro's creativity is Ben Nickolson, where Cubism has been part of his life. Only in the early part of his career, in his more recent research and studies, does he combine Cubism and abstract expressionism in just one practice as he creates his works. He uses the technique of "dropping" by Pollock but with the order and sense of Rothko. Pedro is originally from Portugal but was born in Africa in Angola, a Portuguese colony where his grandfather lived and worked at diplomatic levels. His background comes from one of the highest Aristocracy families. He moved to the UK over twenty years ago to study his passion for art. He later graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1997. He continued his second degree in 2011 in Abstract Vision and Expressionism at Kensington and Chelsea Art College University. Francis Bacon and Ben Nicholson are Pedro's favourite artists, and their influence is evident in his work. However, Pedro's creativity is not limited to these influences. He finds inspiration in a wide range of great masters in art, each contributing to the unique narrative of his work. In his artistic abstract expressionism and cubist language translation attempts, he tries to stick with multiple techniques he developed because he does not stress about the subject matter. Pedro focuses only on the compact geometric detailed balance of each artwork he designs and concentrates on the final details, such as making each colour interact with the other and, finally, all together, managing to build an artist's creative personal statement in his finalized compositions and artworks. His way of portraying narrated a different kind of beauty. A textural tangibility is immediately evident in Pedro SousaLouro's work. Earthy and material-focused, an unassuming beauty is found within the play between dark woods and a muddied palette. Furthermore, geometry plays a crucial role here, as clean white lines converse with blocks of muted colour. There is an almost archival, collage-like approach to applying materials and hues. It is as if Sousa Louro has assumed the role of archaeologist, unearthing layers of forgotten history.
2021 Congratulated in an Estate dinner reception by the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the former Portugal Ambassador in the UK, Manuel Lobo Antunes.
2023 The artist engaged for the first time in another level of partnership collaborations by working with the cinema industry
with Twenty Century Movies and Disney Productions US. Sousa Louro is among the most talked-about LGBTQ artists. Pedro has collectors worldwide, including in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Australia, and the USA.
